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Bond Newsletter 2008

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Previous editions

August 2008

  • Australia's greenest educational building unveiled
  • Bond Queensland’s highest rated university
  • Our teaching staff among nation's best
  • Bond takes on Sydney postgrad market
  • Top family business researchers convene at Bond
  • Bond teams up with IBM to launch new Master of Service Management
  • Faculties reach out to community
  • Achievements and accolades

July 2008

  • New Dean heralds an era of consolidation
  • FBI's top scientist visits Bond
  • Traditional Indigenous games for Aussie kids
  • Can’t find the time for postgraduate study?
  • Students learn how to stress less!
  • Achievements and accolades

June 2008

  • Private education more accessible than ever
  • Second Bond College cohort graduates
  • Following in his father's footsteps
  • Former Chancellor addresses latest graduates
  • Bond gets ready to go public for open day
  • 'Pod room' takes off
  • 20th anniversary celebration
  • Achievements and accolades

 

May 2008

  • Bond appoints Deputy Vice-Chancellor and Provost
  • Brisbane City to look to new housing affordability research for answers
  • Aus-Aid graduate ready to 'make a difference'
  • Service learning project hits the headlines
  • Australia could be underestimating the popularity of retirement village living
  • Family Business Learning Community launches on the Gold Coast
  • Online careers hub launched
  • Achievements and accolades

April 2008

  • Sir Richard Branson flies into Bond
  • Bond launches Centre for Forensic Excellence
  • Professional accreditation ensures sustainable future for students
  • Enhancing public services in the Pacific
  • Level playing field means 'game on' for family businesses
  • Bondies get down to business in Bucharest
  • Queensland high school students to share in $500,000 worth of grants
  • Achievements and accolades

March 2008

  • Bond announces new School of Hotel, Resort and Tourism Management
  • Electro-convulsive therapy as treatment for depression
  • State forum to develop rental affordability action plan for Queensland
  • Partnering with industry and government to deliver world class research
  • Annual Careers Fair opens doors for graduates
  • Planning for life below the seductive skyline

February 2008

  • Mother and daughter bond at Bond
  • Bond College celebrates inaugural graduation
  • What makes a bad boss?
  • Conquering a slippery slope
  • The Lisbon Strategy: harnessing globalisation for a stronger Europe
  • Indonesian alumnus scoops award for business leadership
  • Achievements and accolades
  • In remembrance - Denis Callinan, 1954 - 2008

January 2008

  • Building Green: Tree Huggers' Hype Or The Way To A Sustainable Future?
  • A Year Of Firsts For Ntsotiseng
  • Students Sign On To 2008
  • Bond Named In Top 10 Best Cinema Campaigns

December 2007

  • Bond announces Office of Development
  • Improving public services in Africa
  • MBA students claim National Business Planning Competition
  • Gala awards honour young film makers
  • National body confers state-first accreditation to Bond
  • Physical barriers may be more effective than drugs in preventing pandemics
  • Achievements and accolades

November 2007

  • The White House moving west?
  • Sports Clubhouse opens
  • Protecting the civil rights of high risk offenders
  • Bond film students hit the BIG TIME!
  • Seeking family volunteers
  • Achievements and accolades

October 2007

  • Investing in your future
  • New programs announced for 2008
  • Last chance for YR 10 and 11 students to apply for RSL grants
  • Students stockbrokers prepare to take on the sharemarket
  • Attention all Budding Spielbergs: BUFTA applications NOW OPEN!
  • Faculty of Law rolls out the red carpet
  • Achievements and appointments

September 2007

  • Trevor Rowe takes independent approach at Rothschild
  • Students to visit developer's dream in Dubai
  • Generous art donation from Bond Graduate
  • Vice-Chancellor Scholarship weekend
  • National Science Week
  • Bond's E-Library, now with over 1000 papers
  • Achievements and accolades

August 2007

  • Bond receives Australia's highest ratings in 2008 Good Universities Guide
  • Bond goes public for open day
  • Director-General for education opens Bond Collage
  • New software heralds safer online banking
  • Bond courts High School students
  • Students investigate virtual murder case
  • Achievements and accolades

July 2007

  • Bond Recognised for teaching excellence
  • Choosing the right uni and course for you
  • Indigenous youth offered a helping hand
  • Planning a better future through affordable housing
  • Bond invited to join global family business research project
  • Achievements and accolades

June 2007

  • Nobel Prize Winner Professor Myron Scholes Visits Bond
  • Kiwi Migrants Happy in Australia but Still Call New Zealand Home
  • Conflict Management in the Classroom
  • Commonwealth Nations Look to Australia for Infrastructure Expertise
  • Law Scholar Combines Study With Practical Experience
  • Achievements and Accolades

May 2007

  • $2.5M Funding Boost for Gold Coast's Health Professionals
  • Simulated Trading Room to Give Finance Students the Edge
  • New Doctorate Degree to Help with Physiotherapist Shortage
  • Local Sporting Greats take IT to the Beach
  • Scholarship Winner Combines Study, Work and Play on the Gold Coast
  • Achievements and Accolades

April 2007

  • Shining Graduates Bask in Bond Scholarship Success
  • China Looks to Australia for Health Management Solutions
  • Bond Conducts Research into Varsity Lakes Transport System
  • Careers Fair a Success
  • Achievements and Accolades

March 2007

  • Bond College - Making University Accessible to All
  • Bond Law Performs Again
  • Australian of the Year Promotes Research at Bond
  • Bond Law's Saviour-Faire Lures French Minister of Trade to Australia
  • Be a Journalist for a Day
  • Going Bald for a Cause
  • Achievements and Accolades

February 2007

  • Announcing the Bond College Foundation Program
  • Inaugural Bond University Careers Fair
  • Public Speaking 101, Bond Style
  • $100,000 for Bond University / Intel e-Health Project
  • Growing Computer Games Industry Driving Demand for Gaming Qualifications
  • Helping Develop Future Asia-Pacific Leaders
  • Humanities and Social Science Restructure
  • Achievements and Accolades

JANUARY 2007

  • Booming Bond on Target for a Top '007
  • Another Australian First for Bond
  • Small Business Expert Appointed Head of School of Business
  • Significant Research Grant to Eliminate Sporting Cheats
  • Achievements and Accolades

DECEMBER 2006

  • Bond Launches Australia's First Doctor of Physiotherapy
  • New Report Questions Effectiveness of CCTV in Preventing Crime
  • Teachers Now in Strong Demand
  • Achievements and Accolades

NOVEMBER 2006

  • Behind WHO's Secret Ballot
  • Sparta Matrix Recognises Bond Law's Multi Disciplinary Approach
  • Bond Professor Appointed Chair of Science and Religion at Oxford
  • Investing in Australia's Future
  • Achievements and Accolades

OCTOBER 2006

  • Bond Graduates Feature in 100 Most Powerful
  • New Breast Cancer Screening Technology to Save Lives
  • BUFTA Entries Now Open
  • Developing Countries to Benefit from Bond Curriculum
  • Studying Exercise Response in the Elderly
  • 7th Annual Owen Dixon Society Dinner
  • New Deputy Dean of Medicine

SEPTEMBER 2006

  • New Careers Centre to Bridge Students, Alumni and Employers
  • Blue Chip Employers Face Critical Skills Shortage
  • New Computer Games Degree
  • Bringing the Beach to the Bush
  • Minister for Education Visits Bond
  • Globalisation's Contribution to a Better World

August 2006

  • Bond Stars in Good Universities Guide
  • Calling Gurus, not Geeks
  • Intuition the Key to a Colourful Career
  • Recent Open Day Hailed a Success
  • SIFE - Applying Uni Learning to Help the Community
  • Teenage Stockbrokers Take on the Sharemarket
  • Community Involvement Essential in Training Our Future Doctors

July 2006

  • Bond Recognised for Teaching Excellence
  • Australia's First 'Wrongful Life' Case Wins Amy's Attention
  • Bond Proves Size Doesn't Matter
  • Bond Animator Named Big Break Finalist

June 2006

  • Bond launches Mirvac School of Sustainable Development
  • New Executive MBA for Health Professionals
  • Bondies Embrace the Future
  • Clayton Utz Scholarship Offers a Head Start on Law Career
  • Bond Launches New-Look Website

May 2006

  • Bond Welcomes FEE-HELP Funding Boost
  • Amy Tops the Field in Management Education
  • Global Business Giants Pick the Cream of Bond's Crop
  • Bond MBA Students Shine on World Stage
  • Fairies and a Donkey Wreck Havoc at Bond - Again!
  • From Jackaroo to Journalist
  • Diplomat in Training

APRIL 2006

  • Prime Minister John Howard Announces $4.5 Million Funding Boost for Bond
  • Bond Law Amond World's Best
  • Bond Sweeps the Stage at Qld New Filmmakers Awards
  • Bond Recognised as a Registered Research Agency
  • Parents of Bond

MARCh 2006

  • International Premiere for Bond Film
  • Professor Richard Alston Addresses Australia's Business Leaders
  • Bombers Train at Bond
  • Three Laughs and You're Out!

FEBRUARy 2006

  • Bond Law Judged Australia's Best
  • Students Graduate in Good Company
  • Bond Students to Attend Simulated UN Conference in Beijing
  • Bond Uni and Gold Coast Health Join Forces
  • Bad Leadership Survey

JANUARY 2006

  • VIPs to visit Bond
  • $2.2 Million Grant to Benefit Bond Medical Students
  • Bond Professor Uncovers Record Ice-age Footprints
  • International Students Welcomed to Bond
  • Bond's Library Named International Example of Good Practice

December 2005

  • 2005 - the Year in Review
  • Bond Uni to Represent Australia at the Moot Corp International Challenge
  • International Recognition for Bond's Cochrane Research Group
  • Bond Staff Awarded for Excellence
  • Film & Television Tastes More International Success
  • Art Benefactors Recognised
  • Bond's Inaugural Swimathon Raises $4200 for Charity